Piano Synthesis
Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 7:27 pm
Inspired by Spoggs recent piano and e-piano simulations, I wanted to make my own e-piano synthesis. I am a big fan of the Fender Rhodes sound and I use it often on my tracks.
I failed miserably. Nothing I tried sounded anywhere close to an e-piano, let alone Rhodes. However, some of my attempts were closer to a real piano, so I thought maybe I can simulate that instead. Out came this little one trick pony, which I think is not so bad at least in the mid and higher range. I only exposed two controls for detune and volume respectively, so the user may select from a perfectly tuned concert piano all the way to a beaten-up honky tonk. The rest is burried under the hood.
The schematic is embarrasingly simple. I found that most important is choosing the right timbre and decay curves and their dependencies on velocity and pitch. If you miss by a few per cent, it no longer sounds like a piano.
Have fun!
I failed miserably. Nothing I tried sounded anywhere close to an e-piano, let alone Rhodes. However, some of my attempts were closer to a real piano, so I thought maybe I can simulate that instead. Out came this little one trick pony, which I think is not so bad at least in the mid and higher range. I only exposed two controls for detune and volume respectively, so the user may select from a perfectly tuned concert piano all the way to a beaten-up honky tonk. The rest is burried under the hood.
The schematic is embarrasingly simple. I found that most important is choosing the right timbre and decay curves and their dependencies on velocity and pitch. If you miss by a few per cent, it no longer sounds like a piano.
Have fun!